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The Ohio Electric Railway was formed on May 16, 1907. The organizers of the new company were Randal Morgan , W. Kesley Schoepf , and Hugh J. McGowan . [ 1 ] Beginning in September 1907 and continuing into 1908 the new company acquired or leased the fourteen other companies which would comprise its system: [ 2 ]
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway: Cincinnati and Eastern Railway: N&W: 1876 1887 Ohio and North Western Railroad: Cincinnati, Findlay and Fort Wayne Railway: 1903 1919 N/A Cincinnati, Georgetown and Portsmouth Railroad: CG&P 1873 Cincinnati and Hamilton Railroad: B&O: 1846 1847 Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad: Cincinnati ...
The Little Miami Railroad was a railway of southwestern Ohio, running from the eastern side of Cincinnati to Springfield, Ohio. By merging with the Columbus and Xenia Railroad in 1853, it created the first through-rail route from the important manufacturing city of Cincinnati to the state capital, Columbus .
Kelly with a group of ten formed the Springfield Southern Railroad Co on November 3, 1879. The plan to extend the line to Rockwood in Lawrence County was never realized, but the SSR did convert the line to standard gauge. On May 23, 1881, the Spring Southern became the Ohio Southern Railroad Company.
This company was a corporation of the State of Ohio. Its organization was perfected on February 19, 1851. The company constructed 15.372 miles of railroad extending from Dayton to Xenia, Ohio, which was opened for operation during January, 1858. From the date of completion of the railroad to December 31, 1858, It was operated by its own management.
It also leased the Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland Railroad between Dayton and Springfield, Ohio, finally providing a through route from Cleveland through Columbus to Cincinnati. [3] On July 23, 1882, the CCC&I acquired the Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad (I&SL) in a judicial sale. The St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute railroad, which the I ...
The line of the Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland extending from Dayton to Springfield, Ohio, about 24 miles, was operated by the Big Four from July 1, 1889, to October 30, 1890, under a lease dated November 28, 1870, which was acquired by the Big Four from the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company on July 1, 1889.
The bridge has been abandoned for many years. It was constructed by the Lima-Toledo Traction company, an early 1900s interurban trolley line that ran primarily adjacent to the Baltimore and Ohio steam railroad from Toledo to Lima and from there south to Springfield on a connecting interurban line, the Dayton, Springfield, and Urbana.